This archive report was first published on 10 May 2021.
Kenya's COVID-19 positivity rate slowed down to 3.6 percent on May 10, 2021, after weeks of a sustained increase.
According to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, only 66 new positive cases were logged from 1,833 samples tested since Sunday, May 9.
This represents the lowest figure in nearly two months and is below the five percent threshold recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
President Uhuru Kenyatta had re-opened the country on May 1, lifting a partial lockdown placed on five counties, including the capital Nairobi, Machakos, Kiambu, Nakuru, and Kajiado.
Hotels and restaurants were also allowed to resume sit-in services, while bars reopened, with a 7pm closing time.
As of May 10, 2021, there were 1,122 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide, with 4,783 patients on the Home-Based Isolation and Care program.
Additionally, 134 patients were in the Intensive Care Unit, including 23 on ventilatory support, 85 on supplemental oxygen, and 26 under observation.
“Eighty-nine patients are separately on supplemental oxygen with 83 of them in general wards and 6 in High Dependency Units,” Kagwe said in his daily updates on the disease.
By May 10, 2021, 917,068 people, including 280,876 aged 58 years and above, 143,684 teachers, and 77,417 security officers, had been vaccinated.
